Hair curler



L. J. HALL ET AL HAIR CURLER Filed June 25, 1946 IIIIIIIIIIIIII/III wlllllrnilllllIIIiIIIIIIIIIAaIIAII INVENTORS J/laf IQuth/ Jfall ancZLawr'c/zce J.H.Ezll

A ORNEYS Patented Oct. 11, 1949 HAIR CURLER Lawrence J. Hall and May Ruth Hall, Middletown, N. Y., assignors to Damosel, Inc., a corporation of New York Application June 25, 1946, Serial No. 679,093

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a hair curler.

An object of the invention is the provision of a hair curler embodying improvements in construction whereby the curler enables a hair curling operation to be carried out quickly and easily. which is comfortable to the user, and which is easy on the hair.

The invention also resides in the simplicity of the construction, the economy with which it may be produced, and the general benefits derived therefrom.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. l is a perspective view of a hair curler embodying the features of the present invention shown closed on the hair to curl the same.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the curler shown open and the hair inserted between the closed curling members for the hair curling operation, one of the curling members being shown in open position in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the curler shown open.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the curler shown closed.

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating how two similar main parts of the curler may be produced from a single piece of material.

Fig. 8 is a side view of one of the parts of the curler.

In accordance with the present invention the curler comprises two parts ill and l I. respectively. Each of said parts is made entirely of flexible resilient or elastic material such as rubber.

The part ll) of the curler is economically produced from a rubber tube of suitable length and diameter. By cutting the tube with a suitable cutter while the tube is pressed flat two similar parts H) are produced in one and the same operation, as indicated in Fig. '7. The part In is concavo-convex in cross section a portion of its length providing a hair curling member l2 of the mentioned cross-sectional shape. The remaining strip portion I3 of the part l0 constitutes a flexible or bendable securing means having a resilient or elastic terminal loop [4.

The part ll consists of a rubber tube approximately one half the length of the main part ill. This tube has an outside diameter approximately equal to the inside diameter of the tube from which the main part 10 was cut. The part H is notched as at I5 to provide a resilient or elastic band or loop I 6 on one end of the part II. The part ll constitutes a cylindrical curling member which is adapted to cooperate with the member 52 in curling the hair.

The two parts l0 and l I are correlated by rolling the curling member [2 longitudinally and then slipping the band or loop 15 along the rolled member l2 to a point intermediate the ends of the part ID or at the juncture of the member l2 and the strip portion l3, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 5. In this manner the curling member H is connected with the main part in for pivotal movement with respect to the curling member l2 into an open position to enable the insertion of the ends of a strand of hair between said members, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, and for movemnt into a closed position, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 5. The curler then may be rotated to wind the hair spread out around both members i l and I2. The securing means 13 is then folded or bent back over the curl and the loop 14 is engaged around the outer projecting end ll of the member ll, thereby retaining the hair curled 0n the curler and also retaining the curler in place on the hair close to the skull of the user, as indicated in Fig. 1. a

The parts of the device being soft and resilient will be comfortable to the user and easy on the hair. Also, the parts may be produced economically as will appear from Figs. 7 and 8 and by the mere act of slipping the loop is along the part ill the curler is made complete for sale and use.

We claim:

A hair curler comprising two parts each of which is made entirely of rubber, one of said parts being concavo-convex in cross section. a portion of its length providing a hair curling member and the remaining portion constituting a securing member, the second of said parts constituting a hair curling member, and having a loop formed integral with one end and engaged with the first 4 partwintermediate the ends of the latter so that the second part may be moved with respect to REFERENCES CITED the concavo-convex part into an open position The following references are of record in the to enable the insertion of the ends of the hair file of this patent: between said second part and the concavo-con- 5 vex part and also moved into a closed position UNITED STATES PATENTS to enable the hair to be curled about said second Number am Date part and the concavo-convex part. said securing ,1 6,1 1 Goodman Ma 3, 1938 member engageable with said second part to re- 2,136,733 C s 8t 8-1- NOV. 5, 1938 tain the hair curled and also to retain the curler 10 2,137,595 Stubbs at a NOV. 22, 1938 in place on the hair. 68,368 Solomon Aug. 8, 1939 LAWRENCE J. HALL.

MAY RUTH HALL. 

